How machines can make mathematics more congressive
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- by Eugenia Cheng
- Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 61 (2024), 305-315
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1827
- Published electronically: February 20, 2024
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Abstract:
I argue that since technology is already changing the way we do mathematics, we can use this technology to allow mathematics to be more congressive without human mathematicians becoming redundant in the face of technological advances. In thinking about what it means to “do mathematics,” I examine the following aspects of technology in mathematics: teaching and learning, asking questions, collaboration, dissemination, and the act of doing research. This is not intended to be a rigorous analysis but an informed reflection based on my experience as a mathematician.References
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Bibliographic Information
- Eugenia Cheng
- Affiliation: Liberal Arts Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60603
- MR Author ID: 722052
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0947-8145
- Email: info@eugeniacheng.com
- Received by editor(s): August 28, 2023
- Published electronically: February 20, 2024
- © Copyright 2024 by the author
- Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 61 (2024), 305-315
- MSC (2020): Primary 00Axx
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1827
- MathSciNet review: 4726994